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MEAT TENDERER.

No. 326,660. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CALLIX LACOSSE, OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

MEAT-TENDERER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,660, datedSeptember 22, 1885.

Applcaiion filed May 18, 1885.

To @ZZ whom, z5 may concern:

Be it known that I, CALLIX LAcossE, a citzen of the Unit-ed States,residing at Bay City, in the county of Bay and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat-Tenderers, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to that class of meattenderers used as a pounderfor tendering the meat; and it consists in the arrangement andcombination of the dii'erent parts, as I hercinafter more fully describeand claim.

The object of my invention is to produce a device for tendering the meatand a means of cutting or sawing small bonesin the meat with one tool,and I accomplish this object by means of the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view of my improvedtenderer with the saw and knife closed. Fig. 2 is a view of the samewith the knife open and saw closed. Fig. 8 is a View of the same withthe saw open and knife closed. Fig. 4 is a section at x x in Fig. l.

Similar letters refer to similar out the several views.

a represents a hammer-like meat-tenderer. having on its pounding-facethe teeth b, and passing through its body the handle c. Se-

parts th rough cured into the extended end of the handle cis the ring d,with which the tool may be hung up. A portion, p, ofthe body a oppositethe face thereof is extended beyond the handle c, and provided with theslot a, into which is placed the saw f and knife e, and secured thereinby the pivot t' in such a manner that (No model.)

they may be extended, as in Figs. 2 and 3, or

closed against the handle c, as shown in Fig. l, and are held in eitherposition by the thumbscrews h, passed through either side of theextended portion p, and extending a short distance into the side of thepivoted portion of the saw or knife blades, a small recess beingprovided in those parts for that purpose, as shown in Fig. 4, and asecond recess is made in the said parts in a suitable position, so thatwhen the saw or knife shall be open it is held in that position byturning up the set-screw 7L with a like result, when either or both maybe closed.

The knife is useful for cutting and trimming meat and removing the bonestherefrom, and can be used for chopping the tough and hard parts, as theweight of the tenderer a adds to the force ot' the blow, and the saw maybe operated for sawing the bones, when cutting up small animals, Cnc.,to great advantage in preparing them for cooking.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In a meat-tenderer, the combination of the body a, having the handle c,and the teeth b on its pounding-face, and the extended portion p,provided with the slot n, with the sawbladef and knife-blade e, pivotedin the said slot n, and held in an open or closed position by theset-screw h, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

oALLix LAeossE.

Witnesses:

J. E. THOMAS, GILBERT SEGER.

